The Monitor., 1887-11-04
saien, County Temperance Alliance.

The annual meeting Of the Salem County
Temperance Alliance was held III the Re
form Association room in Salem on
Wednesday, Nov. I'd 1887. The meeting
was opened with devotional exercises by
Rev. d. Dewolf, after which the President,
Rev. w. Y. Louderbough, took the chair,
and an address Of welcome was delivered
by Rev. J. L. Roe. The minutes Of the
last meeting were then read ard adopted.
A committee to nominate officers consisted
of Rev J. l.. Roe, Daniel 2. Dorreil and
VIM. b. Hooyen. The committee ON reso-
lutions were appointed as follows: Rev.
d. Dewolf, Francis Diament and Harmon
IIitchner. Reports Of the work in [. p.
Neck, Pilesgrove, Pittsgrove, Upper
EittsgroYe, Alloway, Quinton and the
East and West Wards, OF Salem, were
given Rev. w. w. Bullock, Of Lambert
vile, n. j., was invited to give report Of
the state Of the cause in his vicinity, which
he did. An interesting discussion was also
had on the question of "what temperance
laws have we that are Of practical use?"
The afternoon session was opened By
prayer by Rev. J. L. Roe, and the com
mittee to nominate officers made their re-
port, which was adopted and the following
are the officers for the ensuing year.
President, Henry Chayanne; Vice Presi-
dent Rev. c. T. Downs; Secretary Jesse
F. Bodine; Treasurer, Reuben Woolman;
Township Vice Presidents Salem, East
Ward, Wm Gilmore; West Ward. Robt.
T. Seagrave; Upper Penn's Neck, Walter
s. Springer; L. p Neck, Ephraim Fowler;
Warrington, Carlisle Hutchinson; Piles
grove, Lewis 3. Wright; Pittsgrove, VIM.
Overs; Upper Pittsgroye, Reuben Wool
man; Alloway, Francis Diament; Lower
Alloways Creek, Eric Carlsen; Quinton,
Peter PIerpoint; Elsinboro, Charles Stew
ard; Oldmans. JOS w. Cooper
The committee ON resolutions reported
as follows, their report being adopted.
Your committee on resolutions believe
that the attitude of the Alliance toward the
temperance cause has been well defined in the
semi-annual series sofresolutions that have been
spread upon its minutes ever since its olgani-
cation, and we do not feel called upon TO add
largely to those utterances. Taking cogni-
sance however of some of the present aspects
of our cause we would present the following
ResoEved, That since the rum power is n
menace, threatening the destruction of home
church and state, that we therefore give frater-
nal welcome to all who join in the warfare
against it, believing that those who have
reached the most advanced ground should
pursue different methods OF warfare.
Ieesolged, That we believe moral suasion and
legal enforcement, ana constitutional amend
ment to be parts fan organic whole, and that
either of these pursued to the exclusion or dis
honor of the other will prove failure, There
fore
BesoIoed, That we encourage each form of
effort to suppress the rum power
Resolred, That We are glad that the adher-
ents of the rum power are throwing Off all
Mosques OF creed and party, and appearing
combined in their true character, believing
that the more clearly defined are the issues,
the shorter, sharper and more decisive Will be
the victory of the right
4 general discussion Oh "The danger in
the path of the temperance cause" was
opened by Rev. ID. Dewolf and partcipa-
ted in by Rev. W. f. Cornwell, Smith
Biderback, Rev. A. II. Sembower, and
Others. The meeting then adjourned to
the Memorial Baptist Church, where the
children of the public schools of Salem
had assembled, and We're addressed by
Rev. A. II. Sembower and Henry Cha
vanne, their remarks being illustrated by
the use OF the blackboard
The evening session was held in the
Memorial Baptist Church, and was ad-
dressed by Revs. w. W. Bullock and c.
f. Downs, sickness having prevented the
attendance of Rev. G.. S. Sykes, of Bridge
ton, who was to have addressed the meet
ing.